Sunday, January 8, 2012

"Clampdown" by the Clash (1979)

What is the song about? How do you know?
The song is about how people get trained to believe a certain way, like as it says, "We will teach our twisted speech/To the young believers." Then it says that "they" which I assume to either be government or an authority figure of some sort, make you work hard until you are the one brainwashing younger generations.

What musical elements add to your lyrical interpretation?
The heavy beat throughout the song sounded much like a hammer hitting a nail or otherwise the government like a "clamp down." This other wise shows that it is like the work it focuses on throughout the song and the hammering in of ideas.




What is something in the song that relates to propaganda, persuasion, deception, rhetoric, or argument? Explain.

The song is about the propaganda of society and how the society enforces these ideas without even meaning to.

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